These students will make up a substantial part of Australia’s future workforce. And their educational performance tells an ...

Australia collects less from the GST than most OECD countries, but proposals to expand it often stall on concern that this will hit lower income households hardest. This is often termed the ...

e61 Institute acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we meet and work. We recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and community, and pay our respects to their ...

Australian students from immigrant backgrounds outperform their peers by the largest margin in the OECD. But they haven’t escaped Australia’s educational decline.

The sacking of an AFL coach is often followed by an immediate jump in performance. But a famous finding from labour economics suggests the new coach deserves less credit than fans may think.

Australia’s intergenerational equity debate tends to frame the issue as one generation gaining at another’s expense. The reality is more complex, and the policy challenges lie more in how costs are ...

This Tuesday, Victoria will deliver its latest budget. After 6 years of deficits, an operating surplus is anticipated. But debt is a growing and serious problem. More needs to be done to get ...

Policy and demographics are changing the character of Australia’s social safety net. Cash transfers like JobSeeker and Family Tax Benefit are shrinking. Meanwhile, ‘in-kind’ transfers like ...

Real wages have declined over the past 4 years with inflation outpacing wages growth. Switching jobs is one of the best ways to secure a sizeable pay rise. But the rate at which workers move between ...

Australia, like many developed countries, is experiencing a significant decline in its total fertility rate, with the current rate being around 1.5 births per woman, well below the 2.1 replacement ...

Australia’s market-sector labour productivity has steadily fallen behind the US over the past decade and now trails the US by 12%. Much of this divergence occurs in manufacturing and information where ...